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The Schools’ Collection

This is a collection of folklore compiled by schoolchildren in Ireland in the 1930s. More information

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    “In the year 1860 in Woodford, Co. Galway, in the townland of Gerrygill, two men named Mahon and Moran lived.”

    CBÉS 0050

    David Hickey, Kathleen Abberton

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    “In a country house recently, in the village of Clonmoylan one long winter night, a man by the name of Patrick Tully told a story ...”

    CBÉS 0050

    Marie Porter, Patrick Tully

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  3. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0050

    Marie Porter

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  4. Biddy Early

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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  5. The Potato Crop

    CBÉS 0050

    Roderick Kemple

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  6. The Eviction of Saunders

    CBÉS 0050

    Mary Kemple

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  7. Biddy Early

    CBÉS 0050

    Kathleen Abberton

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  8. Biddy Early

    CBÉS 0050

    Winifred Sullivan

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  9. Biddy Early

    CBÉS 0050

    Michael Slattery

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  10. Names of Fields

    CBÉS 0050

    Srah, Co. Galway

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  11. Hedge-Schools

    CBÉS 0050

    Rita Porter

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    “If a person was receiving a clutch of eggs for a present they would give a penny to the person not to take the luck of the eggs from that person”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mary Kemple

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  13. May Day

    CBÉS 0050

    Marie Porter

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    “The cuckoo comes in April”

    CBÉS 0050

    Birdie Mc Mahon

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  15. The Tailor

    CBÉS 0050

    Marie Porter

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  16. St Martin's Day

    CBÉS 0050

    Kathleen Abberton

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    “It was said that the Willy Wagtail showed the jews where Our Lord was.”

    CBÉS 0050

    Mary Kemple

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  18. A Song about the Eviction

    CBÉS 0050

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  19. The Forge

    CBÉS 0050

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    “It is unlucky to let anything fall coming out of the chapel ...”

    CBÉS 0050

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